A KNIFE-wielding thug stabbed a woman in an armed raid on a supermarket in Woodcote last night.

The woman, a manager at the Somerfield store in Bridle Path, was stabbed in her right arm as she tried to stop the robber and an accomplice breaking into her office as they held up the store at about 5pm.

The pair had threatened staff with the knife and snatched around £400 from the tills, police spokeswoman Sian Hickman said.

"It looks like the manager tried to stop them getting into her office and she was injured in the scuffle," Miss Hickman said. "She

suffered a small knife wound and was taken to hospital."

The pair, a black man and an Asian man, left the knife behind as they ran from the store and detectives this morning appealed for any witnesses who saw them to come forward.

Miss Hickman said: "This was an extremely serious attack and the manager could easily have suffered more serious injuries."

The man with the knife is described as black, aged 30 and was wearing a black jacket and black bobble hat.

His accomplice is described as Asian, of slight build, in his early 20s, 5ft 8in to 5ft 9in tall and with stubble. He was wearing a dark grey short jacket, dark grey or black top and a dark coloured hat.